RE: Dimension table load - PLSQL question

  • From: "Igor Neyman" <ineyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <ranko.mosic@xxxxxxxxx>, "Paul Drake" <bdbafh@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 09:20:11 -0400

Does it make a difference: 1 table or 6?
 
MERGE INTO t
    USING (SELECT(select descr1 from lkp_table1 where cd = p_cd1) AS
v_descr1, 
                                select descr2 from lkp_table2 where cd =
p_cd2) AS v_descr2 ,
                                .... etc. )from dual) c
    ON (t.descr1 = c.v_descr1 and t.descr2 = c.v_descr2 and ... etc)
    WHEN NOT MATCHED INSERT (t.descr1, t.descr2, ...) 
        VALUES (c.v_descr1, c.v_descr2, ...)
 
Really, no need to react the way, you did...
 
Igor Neyman

________________________________

From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ranko Mosic
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 8:45 AM
To: Paul Drake
Cc: ORACLE-L
Subject: Re: Dimension table load - PLSQL question


Thanks for very helpful, no patronizing answer. If you've read more
carefully what the problem is
you'd see that MERGE can't work because it works on one table upserting
another. 
I have one table being inserted from 6 tables. 
Thanks genius.

 
On 9/28/05, Paul Drake <bdbafh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 

        On 9/28/05, Ranko Mosic <ranko.mosic@xxxxxxxxx > wrote: 
        

                Hi, 
                requirement: 
                - input parameters are codes p_cd1, p_cd2, ...
                - for these codes I get descriptions ( select descr1
into v_descr1 from 
                
                lkp_table1 where cd = p_cd1; select descr2 into v_descr2
from lkp_table2 where 
                
                cd = p_cd2 etc )
                - check if table t has records  where t.descr1 =
v_descr1
                   and t.descr2 = v_descr2 and on and on ....; 
                - if row exists return primary key; 
                - if not then insert. 
                
                What is the best way of doing it ( simplest ) ? 
                
                
                Regards, Ranko.  
                



        Ranko,
        
        "Simplest way" is to solicit opinions without using a search
engine or checking the documentation.
        Its also usually "simplest" to leverage the existing provided
functionality, rather than writing your own routines, error handling,
etc. 
        
        A search of "oracle 10.1 upsert" in google.com
<http://google.com/>  + "I'm feeling lucky" produced this for me. 
        Perhaps you might get lucky too.
        
        Paul
        
        http://www.psoug.org/reference/merge.html 
        
        

        MERGE <hint> INTO <table_name>
USING <table_view_or_query>
ON (<condition>)
WHEN MATCHED THEN <update_clause>
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN <insert_clause>;  



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